Search Results: Titles starting with M from Kolbe & Fanning

London: British Museum, 1999. 4to, original pictorial boards. 288 pages; illustrated. New, still in shrink-wrap. An important work, cataloguing the British Museum's collection of 165 of these coin-shaped charms of Indonesia and Malaysia, plus 885 examples from other collections.

Newtown: Bird & Bull Press [Henry Morris], 2007. Crown 4to, original red quarter morocco and Japanese silk boards with mounted roundel printed by Morris; spine with black morocco spine label, gilt. 59, (15) pages; 4-page insert of stochastically printed illustrations of Comitia Americana medals; 2-page insert from Morrisís letterpress edition of Adams and Bentleyís Comitia Americana book; two leaves from Loubatís The Medallic History of the United States of America included in the pagination, along with a reproduction of the 1878 title page for Loubat. Fine. One of an edition of 150 copies printed on Zerkall mouldmade paper. A remarkable production that combines a classic of 19th-century American numismatic literature with the finest printing of 21st-century America. The book includes essays by Pete Smith, George F. Kolbe, John W. Adams and Henry Morris, and is very enjoyable to read. It is also a work of art, as Morrisís printing makes clear. A leaf book, it includes two actual leaves from… Read More

Crestline, 1992. 4to, original light tan cloth, lettered in black; original printed card covers bound in. 51, (1), (2) pages; 993 lots; prices realized list bound in. Fine. The hardbound edition.

Crestline, 2001. 4to, original silver cloth, stamped in red; original printed card covers bound in. 79, (1) pages; 1117 lots; prices realized list bound in. Fine. Hardcover edition.

Crestline, 1995. 4to, original black cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 66, (2), (2) pages; 1475 lots; prices realized list. Fine. The hardbound edition.

Crestline, 1996. 4to, original black cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 96 pages; 2118 lots; prices realized list bound in. Fine. The hardbound edition.

Crestline, 1992. 4to, original light tan cloth, lettered in black; original printed card covers bound in. 51, (1), (2) pages; 993 lots; prices realized list bound in. Fine. The hardbound edition.

Paris, 8211. 8vo, original printed card covers. x, 480 pages; 624 text figures. Covers a bit worn, especially at spine; binding sound. Very good or better. The only volume published of this still-important work. Covers the ancient period, with the author's planned coverage of the medieval coins not coming to fruition. Clain-Stefanelli 3026*. Daehn 58: "Includes coins of Persia, Phoenicia, Parthia, Syria, Arabia, India, Sasanians, and others.".

Montreal, 2006. Two volumes (text and plate folder). 4to, original matching maroon or green cloth, gilt. (2), x, 148 pages; 33 very high quality 8.5 by 11 inch color photographs depicting 900 countermarks. New. One of 150 sets printed, which received very limited distribution. A highly important work. Much more than simply the catalogue of a particular collection, Baker's work is the only substantial reference to Canadian countermarked coins of this period and is accompanied by 33 original photographic prints of the highest quality, printed on Kodak professional paper. The Foster collection was the largest ever formed.

Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1987. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 207, (1) pages; well illustrated in color and monochrome. Fine. A handsome production which includes medals, gorgets, militaria, etc. Perhaps the only work of its kind.

No place of publication [prob. Boston], 1912. Crown 4to, unsewn, unbound signatures. Drop title; 5-252 pages [lacking 253-(258)]; 1 halftone plate. Generally near fine. [with] Marvin, W.T.R. THE ARMS OF THE FREEMASONS AND THE SEAL OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS. Privately printed, 1880. 8vo, self-covered. 24 pages. Fine. A very rare supplement to an already very rare book, Marvinís Supplement is perplexing in that almost all of the few copies known appear to be incomplete, as is this one (though this one is better than most, lacking only the final pages and any preliminary leavesóif indeed any were published). Based on Marvinís ongoing work on the subject, published in the American Journal of Numismatics between 1888 and 1910. As with the main work, most of the copies of the Supplement have likely been in Masonic libraries since publication, with few to be found in numismatic channels. The Supplement was lacking from both the Champa and Bass library sales, and the example in the American… Read More

Wenham, 1998. Reprint. Two octavo volumes and one quarto; all three volumes bound in russet cloth, gilt. Fine. The Charles Davis reprints of the entirety of Ebenezer Mason's rare and highly readable periodicals, issued over a 25-year period that saw the numismatic hobby mature from the rapid growth of the 1860s to the established industry of the 1890s. Among the most interesting and provocative 19th-century American numismatic house organs. Reprint limited to 215 copies. Kolbe 818 and 819.

Moscow, 2002. 4to, original printed boards. (2), vii, (1), 31, (1) pages; 10 plates. Fine. Pavel Vasilievich Zubov (1863-1921) was one of the most important Russian coin collectors of his time. ìIn 1897 he published his only numismatic work--a pamphlet of 31 pages with ten plates. It annotated and supplemented the Georgii Mikhailovich volumes then in print and brought forward a comprehensive range of newly identified Petrine copper--one of Zubovís strong suits. There was the 1711 double-date kopeck, and no less than four different Sevsk chekhs.î -- Journal of the Russian Numismatic Society, Spring 1988 issue. Originals are very rare. Gromachevskii 137.

Monaco: Editions Victor Gadoury, 2008. Large 4to, original red cloth, gilt; jacket. 252, (2) pages; illustrated in color throughout. New. An important publication on French medals of the 15th through 17th centuries.

Toronto, 1982. 8vo, original maroon cloth, gilt; jacket. xxi, (1), 70 pages; illustrated. Inscribed by Ross. W. Irwin to John J. Ford on title page. Fine. Includes a full listing of recipients of this Canadian military campaign medal.

Springfield, 2002. 8vo, original blue cloth lettered in copper; jacket. ix, (1), 326 pages; portrait; text illustrations; 8 color plates. Fine. A well-done examination of this 19th-century die-sinker and medalist.

New York: ANS, 2015. Tall 4to, original light brown cloth lettered in dark brown; jacket. x, 181, (1) pages; illustrated in color. New. Studies in Medal Art, 2. A new and well-illustrated catalogue of the medals produced by the American Numismatic Society.

London: Spink, 1994. 8vo, original printed card covers. 138 pages; illustrated. Fine.

London: Spink, 2016. Two volumes, complete. 4to, original matching blue half morocco, gilt, with marbled sides; spines with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; top page edges gilt. 830 pages; illustrated throughout in color; three color photographic plates bound in, depicting the Wright Declaration of Independence medal, the gold Washington before Boston medal, and a group of Washington funeral medals. Fine. Set 5 of only 20 thus bound by Harcourt Bindery, with both volumes featuring a custom bookplate, based on Washington's bookplate, numbered and initialed by the author. A comprehensive and well-produced work, covering medals produced from 1777 to 1890. The standard work on the subject.

London: Spink, 2016. Two volumes, complete. 4to, matching blue cloth, gilt; color medal insets. 830 pages; illustrated throughout in color. New. A comprehensive and beautifully produced work, covering medals produced from 1777 to 1890. The new standard work on the subject.